Officials have pursued these highly visible projects to impress their superiors and showcase their achievements, but in doing so they often take away resources from less glamorous but more effective ...

Ever hear of the so-called "edifice complex"? It's adapted from the more famous Oedipus complex, in which sons fall in love with their mothers. In an edifice complex, a person falls in love with a ...

It's called the edifice complex, and it carries a curse: A high-flying company builds a beautiful new headquarters, then heartbreakingly loses altitude. Some wonder if Apple (AAPL), which is ...